Bucket



June 17, 1941. A. L. BAISDEN BUCKET 4 Filed Aug. 1, 1939 2 SheetsSheet.l

Inventor Atiorney June 17, 1941- A. L. BAISDEN BUCKET Filed Aug. 1, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor M Attorneys Patented June 17, 1941 BUCKET Andrew Lee Baisden, Nicholls, Ga., assignor of one-half to P. L. Street, Jr., Nicholls, Ga.

Application August 1, 1939, Serial No. 287,820

I Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in buckets for use in dipping gum of heavy, thick and sticky character and the principal object in View is to provide a device of the type indicated which is easy to handle and equipped for maintaining the gum warm so that it will pour easily and not stick therein.

To the accomplishment of the above, and subordinate objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, set forth in detail in the succeeding description and defined in the claim appended hereto.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in rear elevation partly broken away and shown in section of the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a view in top plan,

Figure 3 is a View in vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and

Figure 4 is a view in transverse section taken 44 of Figure 3 looking downwardly.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, in the illustrated embodiment thereof my improved bucket comprises a pair of outer and inner, preferably straight-sided, bucket sections I and 2 formed of any suitable metal and preferably cylindrical. A pair of strap-like ear members 3 are riveted, as at 4, to diametrically opposite sides of the outer section to extend upwardly above the rim of said section. A bail 5 is pivoted at its ends, as at 6, to the ear members, respectively, for vertical swinging movement thereon, said bail preferably comprising straight side bars I and a straight bar-like handgrip 8 suitably secured, as at 9, to said arms. The rim of the section I has arear cut-down portion II] for a purpose presently seen. A pair of longitudinally disposed air inlet flue members II are suitably secured to said section I exteriorly thereof at said diametrically opposite sides, respectively, said flue members terminating short of the top and bottom of the section and having open and closed upper and lower ends, respectively. A pair of inlet ports I2 are provided in said section I at the lower ends of said flue members II for admitting air by way of the flue members II into the lower part of said section.

A torch type lamp I3 is provided in the outer section I, said lamp being detachably secured to the bottom I4 of said section'in the center of the latter and by clips I 4' suitably secured to said bottom. The wick I3 of the lamp I3 is preferably located below the level of the inlet ports I2.

The inner section 2 is smaller in diameter than the outer section I and of less depth and is adapted to be removably supported in the outer section concentrically thereof with its bottom disposed slightly above the inlet ports I2 and its rim level with the rim of said section I.

Right-angled lugs I5 suitably secured to the inner wall of the section I and spaced around the same support the bottom of the section 2. Similarly shaped and arranged lugs I6 on said wall, above the lugs I5, space the inner section 2 from the outer section I.

The inner section 2 is equipped with car members I'I secured to said section, and a bail I8 similar to bail 5 pivoted to said ear members H, as at I9, but smaller than bail 5 to swing within the latter.

The rim of the inner section 2 is provided with a rear cut-down portion 26 similar to portion II] of section I. A baffle plate 2 I, preferably formed integrally with the rim of the section 2, bridges the cut-down portion 20 of said section, said plate extending outwardly of the section 2 so as to fit in the cut-out portion of the section I and close the space at the top of the bucket between said sections I and 2 at the rear thereof. As will be clear, the plate 2| cooperates with the cut-out portion Ill of the section I to prevent relative turning of the sections I and 2.

The use and operation of the described bucket will be readily understood. The inner section 2 is designed to contain the gum, not shown, which is warmed by the lamp I3. The heated air rises into the space between the sections I and 2 and out of the open space at the top of the bucket. The heated air rising causes cold air to be drawn into the space below the bottom of the inner section 2 by way of flue members II and inlet ports I2 to be heated and thereby causes a circulation of air around and past the inner section 2 as will be readily understood. The gum may be poured either by tilting the sections I, 2, as a unit forwardly, or, by lifting the inner section 2 out of the outer section I' and tilting the inner section forwardly. In either case the baflle plate 2| functions, with a full inner section, to prevent the gum from overflowing the sides of the inner section 2 in pouring.

The foregoing will, it is believed, sufiice to impart a clear understanding of my invention Without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention as described is susceptible of modification without departing from the inventive concept and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claim.

What I claim is:

A bucket comprising inner and outer cylindrical sections, the former smaller in diameter and of less depth than the latter, supports in the outer section for loosely sustaining the inner section therein in spaced relation from the bottom and sides thereof, said sections being provided with corresponding cut-out rim portions which are horizontally aligned when the sections are in assembled relation, and a horizontal segmental shaped top plate secured to the upper edge of the cut-out portion of the inner section and extending outwardly and over the edge of the cut-out portion of the outer section and fitting snugly within the cut-out portion of the outer section, thereby, securing the sections together against relative turning and acting as a splash guard for the inner section.

ANDREW LEE BAISDEN. 

